Southerners quickly switch into hosting gear at the first sign of a wedding or a baby shower, deploying casseroles, strategizing seating charts, and polishing silverware. Funerals are no exception. In ...

Funeral traditions vary all across the world. Some are ancient religious practices, while others are new ideas made possible because of technological advancements over the past 50 years. One thing all ...

Planning a funeral is never easy, especially when emotions are heavy and time feels rushed. In these moments, families want ...

Funeral traditions vary by faith, in such areas as preparing the body, how the beloved is remembered, the structure of ceremonies, and the final resting place for the body. Here are brief overviews of ...

PHOENIX - Traditions surrounding death are so important to a family, and at times, it appears that making changes to those traditions may seem either close to impossible, or otherwise require a ...

Growing numbers of Vietnam veterans are being laid to rest in recent years, and in many cases their families are attending military funerals. Every eligible veteran can receive military funeral honors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A traditional priest and fisherman was buried inside a giant blue teapot in Ghana’s Central Region in 2009. - Regula Tschumi It ...

Washington - Former President Ronald Reagan will be mourned and buried this week according to the code of the official state funeral, a strict set of rituals and traditions tempered by Reagan's own ...

The funeral for Pope Francis will include many long-held traditions, but will also eschew some of the more intricate customs after the pope amended the Catholic Church's papal funeral rights. Francis ...

A new documentary examining in intimate and moving detail how Black funeral homes in New Orleans have had to adapt to the devastating impact of COVID-19—and the pandemic’s impact on jazz funeral ...